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050 00 $aQA273.15$b.H65 2002
082 00 $a519.2$221
100 1 $aHolland, Bart K.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96803330
245 10 $aWhat are the chances? :$bvoodoo deaths, office gossip, and other adventures in probability /$cBart K. Holland.
260 $aBaltimore, Md. :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $axi, 141 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $g1.$tRoulette Wheels and the Plague -- $g2.$tSurely Something's Wrong with You -- $g3.$tThe Life Table: You Can Bet on It! -- $g4.$tThe Rarest Events -- $g5.$tThe Waiting Game -- $g6.$tStockbrokers and Climate Change.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 1 $a"Our lives are governed by chance. But what, exactly, is chance? In this book, accomplished statistician and storyteller Bart K. Holland takes us on a tour of the world of probability. Weaving together tales from real life - from the spread of the bubonic plague in medieval Europe or the number of Prussian cavalrymen kicked to death by their horses, through IQ test results and deaths by voodoo curse, to why you have to wait in line for rides at Disneyworld - Holland captures the reader's imagination with surprising examples of probability in action, everyday events that can profoundly affect our lives but are controlled by just one number."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aProbabilities$vPopular works.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010108480
650 0 $aChance$vPopular works.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu052/2001005687.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/2001005687.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy034/2001005687.html
852 00 $bmat$hQA273.15$i.H65 2002